From the definitely recommended YouTube channel In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt comes this investigation into why addiction becomes so severe (basically: a lack of options, sort of.) Collaborator Johann Hari has a companion article in the Huffington Post about this. There are some interesting revelations here. This is making the rounds, and for good reason.

This video takes the lyrics of Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side” and phonetically matches every word to a Twitter ID. This is one of the most unexpected things I’ve seen in a while. Made me laugh, but it’s also inexplicably odd.

“I was looking through the Project Apollo Archive and at one point, I began clicking through a series of pics quickly and it looked like stop motion animation. So, I decided to see what that would look like without me having to click through it. Enjoy!”

Kind of cute.

Note: similary inspired but in a much different tone is “Ground Control“. Great stuff.

“VJ Suave has two audiovisual tricycles adapted with a projector, computer, speakers and
batteries. They’re used so that the small narratives with characters and poetry can travel open spaces, lighting the walls on a large scale.”

A site that takes a YouTube video, speeds it up, and puts “Yakkity Sax” over it.

How did this not exist before now?!

Also for my American friends, Paramount has a new YouTube channel called The Paramount Vault which showcases a collection of Paramount films through the ages. This is not available outside the US but I’m sure several of you know a few ways around that. This seems like a pretty big move for a movie studio.